Born in the 1970s, hip-hop music was built largely on the beat breaks in disco songs. Some of the earliest hits in the genre sampled those dancey tracks, including “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill ...

The “Take the Money and Run” singer’s 1977 No. 2 hit “Fly Like an Eagle” has turned up in “It’s Time,” a new track by hip-hop ...

These iconic hip-hop tracks feature melodic pop hooks, in what Wyclef Jean once called a "Beauty and the Beast" approach to songwriting.

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...